TechMeme Gives Up On Fully Automated News — 3+ year old TechMeme, an automated news site that shows breaking news clustered by topic, has always generated “headlines” by analyzing how news sites link to each other. If a lot of sites start linking to something unique, TechMeme guesses it's news.

News aggregator Techmeme melds algorithms and humans — News aggregator Techmeme is perhaps the fastest way to find interesting tech news - it takes minutes to find and link to breaking stories, as opposed to the hours or days that rivals like Digg or Google News take.

Analyst: iPod shortage spreading — An iPod shortage at Amazon.com appears to have spread to other distribution channels, according to an analyst. — Shaw Wu of Kaufman Bros. reports that after checking in with his retail sources, he believes that Apple is experiencing an iPod shortage …

Apple's iPod Problem — With fewer iPod users upgrading, the days of explosive growth are over. And that leaves iPhones and Macs picking up the slack — William Thomas Cain/Getty Images — Chris Wysopal is the head of a four-iPod family. His wife and two kids all carry …

Why Twitter Turned Down Facebook — For now, a marriage between Twitter and Facebook is not meant to be — but the courtship between the two Web 2.0 companies could be rekindled in the future. That was one message from Ev Williams, the chief executive and co-founder of Twitter …

Amazon.com Invades the Apple App Store — Amazon.com will join the iPhone frenzy on Wednesday with a new application available free for download through Apple's App Store. — The software is relatively straightforward, offering a way for iPhone or iPod Touch owners to browse through …

Adobe will not exhibit at Macworld Expo 2009 — Adobe, a major player in the Mac software market, will not be among the developers exhibiting on the show floor at next month's Macworld Conference & Expo. The company confirmed its Expo plans to Macworld on Tuesday.

Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo — Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer who would have been lead counsel for the government.

DNS Problems Hit Yahoo — Updated: Yahoo, one of the largest web sites on the planet, is being plagued by series of problems related to Domain Name System (DNS). A test using Gomez's testing service shows error messages in certain cities such as Chicago. Others are experiencing slower access …

Debut of new Windows Live hits a snag — The debut of the new Windows Live, which introduces a set of social networking-like features to Microsoft's suite of online services, has not gone exactly as planned. — On the Windows Live team blog this afternoon, the team writes that some users have had trouble accessing the services:

2,000,000 Pandora iPhone users!!! — At 10:04am this morning we hit 2,000,000 registered iPhone Pandora users! — We're hearing all sorts of wonderful feedback from listeners who are using it on their commute, jogging with it, plugging it into home audio systems...you name it.

Confessions of a man who does the layoffs — Editors note: This is part of a series of stories about the recession's effect on the tech industry. — Over the last few months, there have been countless stories of cutbacks at companies large and small. Real people are losing jobs.

What's causing video glitches at Apple, Netflix? — Some Apple TV owners have complained for several weeks that it takes much longer now to download and playback high-definition movies. — “I started downloading an hour back and it says it will take two hours,” wrote someone with the user name Reachg.

Worm uses familiar brands to lure people — Ho-ho-ho. This isn't an offer for a real coupon book from McDonald's. It's a new mass-mailing e-mail worm. — On Tuesday security vendor WebSense issued an alert warning that holiday coupon e-mails from familiar companies may be malicious code in disguise …

Chinese Authorities Enforce Switch from Microsoft — Internet cafes in China are forced to switch to a Chinese-made operating system, with steep licensing fees. … HONG KONG—Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Nanchang are requiring all local Internet cafes to replace …